3. Francis Brown born about 1869. She is in the 1871 census but missing in 1881.

4. Mary Matilda Brown born about 1870. She married an Angus Carmichael on 24 Nov. 1891 in Rawdon, Hastings Co., Ontario per index only. So the Maud Carmichael in the 1911 census is probably her child. I cannot get a fix on them in the census but I have found an Angus and Mary Matilda Brown Carmichael buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Belmont, Peterborough Co., Ontario. No tombstone is online at this time to verify.

5. Emily Brown born 1870. She is 1-year-old in the 1871 census but by the 1881 she is 16 years old.

6. Edith Brown born 1 April, 1871 married John Gay. They settled in Campbellford, Northumberland, Ontario. See census information below for more information.

8. Arthur Brown born 13 Jan 1876 in Ontario. He married C. Grace MacDonald and had three children: Eva (1915), Ronald (1917) and Margaret (1919). They are buried in the Twelfth Line Cemetery in Rawdon Twp., but no stone has been posted. Their daughter Margaret is also buried there.

9. Maud Mabel Brown born 8 Jan 1879 in Ontario, she married James Robert Gay on 21 August 1907.

In 1911 she was with her parents in Rawdon. She had her son Lorne with her. Later in the 1921 census she was with James and they had migrated to Essex, Essex Co., Ontario. They had the following children: Sterling (1915) and Grant (1920). See census below for more detail. It looks like they are buried in the Greenhill Cemetery in Essex but no tombstone has been posted for James, Maud and their son Stirling at this time.

10. Lulu Brown born 12 May 1881 in Ontario. She was a nurse. Lulu was living with her mother in 1921.

Let’s take a further look at Henry and Catherine in the census:

Henry Brown appears in the 1861 Canadian Census with his mother Mary and step-father Thomas Vance. He is also with his other siblings both Brown and Vance. He is listed as being 19 years old. See the preceding post for details of this census.

Henry is living in Rawdon Twp., Hastings County in the 1871 Canadian Census:

Henry Brown and Catherine Mary Clark Brown are buried in the Twelfth Line Cemetery in Rawdon Twp., no tombstone has been posted online at this time. This information is per the Angelfire Hastings County cemetery website. This website has pop up ads that are annoying, but it is a helpful website: The website has been removed from the internet.

There is more to do on this family of Henry and Catherine Brown such as follow the children out on the census, obtain further information about the cemeteries and make sure these are the correct children especially for the ones that do not have enough information and only appear in the census. I think this is a good start.

Things to Ponder!

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The OGS (Ontario Genealogical Society) Collection has been moved to the main Toronto Library. In the October 15, 2016 OGS email online newsletter they have an article about their tour of the new facilities and how to access the documents using the catalogue. I visited the North York collection but that is now totally closed. It would have been interesting to visit the main Toronto Library but I didn't venture into the middle of Toronto on that trip. I wonder how parking will be handled?

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